Kolami (Northwestern Kolami) is a

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Central Dravidian language spoken in

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and

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states of India. It falls under the Kolami–Naiki group of languages. It is the most widely spoken Central Dravidian language.

Sathupati Prasanna Sree Sathupati Prasanna Sree (born 2 September 1964) is an Indian linguist. Career Sree is Professor of English language, English and Chairperson of the Board of Studies at Andhra University. Throughout her career Sree has worked in preserving Minor ...

has developed a unique script for use with the language.

Phonology

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Agglutinative languages Dravidian languages Languages of Andhra Pradesh Endangered languages of India {{Dr-lang-stub